Knightrider
Chris gets nostalgic as Michael Knight and his talking car hit the small-screen again.
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As an 80’s child there was nothing cooler on TV than Knightrider (except maybe The A-Team). Michael Knight was the ultimate chauvinist boy racer, which to anyone else would have been wrong, except for the fact that he had the coolest big boy’s toy in the shape of Kitt. Seeing David Hasslehoff in those tight jeans and with a ridiculous bouffant sent the girls crazy and any boy in his right mind wanted to look like that. It is obvious then why as the main bulk of young Knightrider fans reach into their 20s a PS2 game should hit the shelves donning the name.
The story is very basic with Michael Knight’s twin brother and Kitt’s prototype Karr teaming up as the unstoppable villains performing a series of daring raids which no police car can stop as they are using a ridiculously fast truck called Goliath and Karr’s scientific technology. This ludicrous story contains a certain amount of irony as the cars manage a blistering 127mph, which by today’s standard, would be a mere snails pace. It is not just your standard racing game either, although the majority of the levels are chase-based. In the first mission you must practice all your special abilities, which include a turbo jump, a ski mode, where you can skip up onto two wheels to get you out of any tight scrapes, and a scan mode to scan buildings or other vehicles for clues. Although all these modes are different they still lead to very limited game play with non-chase based missions centring round either an obstacle course with items to scan or battles where you have to keep smashing into the other car until it is destroyed. It is also a shame that you don’t get to drive up into the base-truck as it is moving along the road.
To compare it to other games would be unfair as it is kind of a cross genre game. It beats most racing games as it has the ski mode and turbo jump as well as levels involving scanning and it beats skill games as you have the racing element too. It is interesting to note, however, that comparing the racing elements with other racing games it falls seriously short and the same is true comparing the skill elements with other ‘skill’ games.
It is glaringly obvious that this game relies heavily on the name of Knightrider, as it’s main selling point, as the game pulls no punches in the graphics or sound departments. The graphics are undemanding and at times worthy of the PSone, the sound too is equally uninspiring with the only highlight the opening sequence with Kitt driving across the desert and the theme tune blaring out. The in-game voices are also, all too obviously, not the original voices with a poor substitute for David Hasslehoff being the most ridiculously obvious.
The game also lacks depth with no multiplayer option or even any variation from the lone-player campaign option. The only other choice is doing the missions you have completed again in the mission mode! I think you have to agree that is pretty uninspiring.
This game is rather ‘bad’ then, not because it isn’t ‘good’, but that it goes nowhere in doing justice to the legend that is Knightrider. There would have been limitless potential in a GTA3-style game based around the character of Michael Knight and incredible talking car that puts Herbie well and truly in the shadows. A missed opportunity. This aside, fans of Knightrider will probably enjoy this game for the brief period this game is good fun but as for longevity of play this games falls heinously short of the rest of the pack. This is one to pick up and put down very quickly, with only a few redeeming qualities.
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anything to do with knightrider is cool with me im of 2 bye it 4 myself right now
This is the coolest show in the world when i get out of work i cant wait to get home and see it on scifi channel. If this game came out i would definately buy it and i would tell all my friends to as well i think a game cube and perhaps an x-box version should come out with one as well.
loved it since childhood-still do
i cant wait to play this game and see the new knightrider movie caming out and the new k.i.t.t (2000 transam or firebird model will be use for k.i.t.t).
what do you know this has got yo be asom
it cool but you need more inports\
when is it comming out
Ich finde das Knight Rider Spiel voll Hammer.
hey when i heard that they was comeing out with this game i went crazy i have watched the show ever sence it came out and i am an even bigger fan then anyone on here and when they come out with this game i am going to go and buy it
i hope that the original actor as michiael knight because with out
david handloff it will be suck
I THINK KIGHT RIDER IS REALLY COOL AND K.I.T.T. IS THE BEST CAR IN THE WORLD OF T.V . CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY THE GAME ON PS2 WITH MY MATES .
I WOULD LIKE IT VERY MUCH FOR KNIGHTRIDER TO COME OUT ON PX2 AND ALSO MAYBE A COMPUTER GAME
yo i would cream in my pants if all this is true.i havent heard anything about it until this site.im still in aw tht theyplay it on scifi.but for real it would be so awesome if it comes out.
when will it be in america
that is the nly video game i would ever play if any 1 out there has any kitt models 4 sale would really like 2 here from u as i am a collector
the review of the game given by chris monk is only right on the in game voice problem
how about a demo for us to see or play! and I think that with all that has changed with games that they would speen a little more time to make the game a little more real!
I do not think that it is far that you only sell the coolest game only in canada i live in usa tenneessee i have been wanting that game for ever i have watched that show since i was a little boy and i want the game so bad will you please send me a game of the knight rider for the playstation2
when does it come to the usa i would like to buy it when it does looks like a kool ass game hope it comes out soon
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You got to be Joking I think that theKnightrider game will be coming out with flying colours. once it hits the stores. it may didnt do well on tv. But for a lot of people putting a lot work into making the Knightrider game I think it will do Quite well. tell you this much as soon as it hits the stores. I'll be the frist one there.COUNT ON IT
knight rider is so cool it is my favorite show I love it
it is about wwe it needs more thing in it like the blood on there faces thats all
oh come on, if your going to make this game you better have more hands on game play and incar view of the dash that`s priceless.
and the part of driving the car into
the back of the semi trailer would
be awsome. I`m a big fan of k.i.t.t
don`t you want this game to shine.
it deserves it don`t it? compromise
the voice acting but don`t comprmise the gameplay from a fan and a video gamer.
I WANT TO BUY IT
I love knightrider im a massive fan.Isnt kittnap a good episode.I enjoy that one a lot. Remember it when we were kids and we could hardly understand what was going on and we wondered where the hell kitt had got to.And michael was wondering aswell.It was wonderful back then wasnt it.Watching kittnap now makes me realise how much older i am fair enough but i still love it and knightrider is still running through my veins.Michael and devon and kitt are an ultimate combination.Knightrider is my favourite programme and it always will be until the day i die.stop laughing at me everyone I love knightrider and erm all you lovely fans out there take care of yourselves and lets all keep watching knightrider forever as usual.HAH if only david hasslehoff knew how crazy all us knightrider fans are about it. tatty bye bye everybody and lots of love and kisses to david hasslehoff. DONT WE ALL LOVE KNIGHTRIDER.BYE.
i built it {kitt}
wen is it out for ps2
how do i get a copy of the first season of knightrider
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Yes this is my real name, is there any chance that u could buy knightrider remote control car in Nottinghamshire and if so where
I REALLLY LIKE KNIGHT RIDER THAT IS SO COOL
BECUASE LIKE THAT CAR
knight rider unbelievable, no matter how you look at it.
whether watch it in the 80's, the 90's or the new millennium, the show and that car rocks, the dash the shiny black exterior and the shape, amazing...certainly the most popular car ever on television and otherwise....and also the best television show ever alongside dark angel...
knightrider is cool niger
ooo man i like knightrider
but that micheals an complete IDIOT !
whats up dudes
i'm a white dude
all u chrisis
hi i want said hi to kitt and i want to buy the game and the car
from troy crowley 2/28/05 2005
WHY CAN'T I DRIVE KARR?
cool car i love kitt i have al the games
Hy guys personaly i look for the game available in Canada so if you Know something about please contact me at jb_canadien@hotmail.fr
And iam ready to make good offer for the first and second game of Knight rider cause as a lot of you i am big fan of the show since a have 5 years old and i can t find him on ebay so if one of you have the game compatible for a canadian systeme ps2 iam ready to pay
kevin